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B&O Old Main Line Tour The OML is the route of the first commercial railroad in the USA as it pushed west from Baltimore, Maryland to the Ohio River. It was constructed largely by hand between 1828 and 1835, and amazingly, continues in use even now by CSX.
== ACTIVE RAILROAD == MILE AREA DATE 0 to 1 Baltimore to Locust Point Br May 2021 1 to 3 Gwynn's Run to Curtis Bay Jct Nov 2024 3 to 5 Camden Jct to Monumental Feb 2023   5.1 Fairgrounds May 2023 5 to 6.7 Halethorpe Jun 2023 6.8 St. Denis Apr 2024 7 to 8 Relay to Avalon Jun 2020 8 to 10 Orange Grove to Ilchester Mar 2014 11 to 13  Ilchester to Grays Mar 2020 13 to 15 Ellicott City to Union Dam Apr 2018 15 to 18 Union Dam to Daniels Mar 2018 18 to 21 Daniels to Davis Feb 2018 22 to 25 Woodstock to Henryton Jul 2020 26 to 29 Henryton to Sykesville Feb 2021 29 to 33 Gaither to Morgan Jan 2024 34 to 38 Woodbine to Watersville Jct Dec 2017 38 to 43 Mt. Airy to West End Plane Jul 2024   40 Mt. Airy Loop - West Aug 2019 44 to 51 Lynn Burke to Ijamsville Feb 2019 51 to 54 Hartman to Monocacy River Jan 2023   54.2 Frederick Branch May 2019 54 to 59 Frederick Jct to Eastalco Sep 2007 60 to 65 Adamstown to Point of Rocks Sep 2007	== DISUSED ROUTES == MILE AREA DATE 10 Ilchester Jan 2020 11 Lees Sep 2006 15 Union Dam Dec 2013 18 Elysville/Alberton/Daniels Sep 2021 20 Davis Mar 2020 21 Granite Spur Jun 2019 23 McKeldin Feb 2016 25 Henryton May 2020 28 Sykesville Jun 2024 29 Springfield Hospital Sep 2024 29 Sykesville Tunnel Mar 2007 33 Woodbine Tunnel May 2007 36 Mt. Airy Planes E approach Feb 2005 38 Mt. Airy Planes 1 and 2 Jul 2024 40 Mt. Airy Planes 3 and 4 Jun 2018 43 Mt. Airy Planes W approach Apr 2009 38 Mt. Airy Loop - East Jul 2016 50 Hartman Tunnel, East Feb 2019 51 Hartman Tunnel, West Jan 2009 61 Adamstown Cutoff Nov 2007
== TOPICAL PAGES == Bloede Dam Removal - Sep 2019 Bridges - Jul 2011 Caboose Interior - May 2018 Chasing 3254 - Mar 2017 CPL Signals - Sep 2013 HX Tower - Mar 2019 Just Trains - Jun 2010 Mile by Mile - Jan 2024 Mysteries - Feb 2008 Patapsco Park Flooding - Jun 2022 Photo Quiz - Jan 2006 Railfan by Satellite - Dec 2009 St. Denis - Oct 2018 Stringers - May 2011 Tunnels - Jun 2006 Water Tank Supply - Feb 2015

B&O Washington Branch Tour The B&O Washington Branch (now CSX Capital Sub) splits from the Old Main Line in Relay to reach Washington, DC. It was built around 1835, but contains fewer surviving relics than the OML. The route is busier and less scenic.

MILE AREA DATE 9 to 10 Relay to Elkridge Oct 2024 10 to 13 Hanover to Harwood Apr 2021   13.0 Route 100 Industrial Park Oct 2020 13 to 14 Dorsey Jun 2024 15 to 16 Montevideo to Bridewell May 2023   16.2 Waterloo Branch May 2021   16.4 Columbia Branch Jan 2022 16 to 18 Jessup to Meade Mar 2023 18 Annapolis Junction Nov 2024 18 to 19 Patuxent Nov 2024   18.7 Washington Corridor Ind Park Feb 2022 19 to 20 Savage Feb 2021 20 to 21 Laurel Dec 2023 22 to 25 Laurel to Muirkirk Apr 2024 26 to 28 Ammendale to Sunnyside Dec 2022 28 to 32 Greenbelt to College Park Dec 2021 32 to 33 Riverdale to Hyattsville Sep 2023   33.4 Alexandria Br, mp 121-119 Feb 2020   33.4 Alexandria Br, mp 118-115 Mar 2020 33 to 37 Hyattsville to Brentwood Aug 2024 37 to 39 Ivy City to Washington Aug 2024

== DISUSED B&O SPURS == Parkway Center - Apr 2016 Patuxent Branch, part 1 - Aug 2020 part 2 - Aug 2020 == TOPICAL PAGES == AJ Rock Delivery - Apr 2020 AJ Rocky Sequel - May 2024 CPL Signals - Sep 2013 Dorsey Traffic Jam - Jun 2023 Just Trains - Sep 2009 Laurel Park - Feb 2024 Milestones - Jan 2021 Mysteries - Oct 2007 Switching Jessup - Mar 2021 Viaduct Bypass - Mar 2024

B&O Metropolitan Branch Tour The B&O Metropolitan Branch, now CSX Metropolitan Subdivision, starts in Washington, DC and progresses northwest to Weverton, MD. This tour continues to Harpers Ferry, WV as the Cumberland Subdivision.

MILE AREA DATE 0 to 1 Washington, DC Sep 2020 1 to 4 Eckington to Brookland Oct 2023 4 to 7 Terra Cotta to Takoma Park Jun 2022 7.3 to 7.4 Silver Spring Feb 2024 8 to 9 Silver Spring to Georgetown Jct May 2024 9 to 11 Forest Glen to Kensington Sep 2022 11 to 15 Garrett Park to Woodmont Aug 2023 16 to 18 Rockville Nov 2022 19 to 21 Derwood to Washington Grove Nov 2022 21 to 22 Gaithersburg Aug 2024 22 to 27 Fairgrounds to Germantown Apr 2022 27 to 31 Seneca to Bucklodge Apr 2022 31 to 37 Sellman to Dickerson May 2024   37.0 Dickerson Spur Jan 2013 37 to 43 Monocacy to Point of Rocks Jan 2022 68 to 72 Point of Rocks to Lander Dec 2009 72 to 74 Catoctin to Brunswick Jan 2010 75 to 76 Brunswick Yard Jun 2024 76 to 79 Brunswick to Weverton Mar 2010 80 to 82 Sandy Hook to Harpers Ferry Nob 2024

== DISUSED ROUTES == Georgetown Branch mile 0 to 1 - Nov 2022 mile 1 to 2 - Aug 2010 mile 2 to 3 - Sep 2010 mile 3 to 4 - Oct 2010 mile 4 to 6 - Dec 2010 mile 6 to 8 - Jan 2011 mile 8 to 11 - Feb 2020 Metropolitan Br Orig Alignments Germantown to Winderbourne - Sep 2023 Boyds to Bucklodge - Aug 2023 Barnesville to Dickerson - Feb 2021 == TOPICAL PAGES == Just Trains - Jun 2013 Mile by Mile - Apr 2013 Trash Pickup - May 2023

B&O Tours Around Baltimore

short B&O branches around Baltimore many are now part of CSX's Baltimore Terminal Subdivision

Camden Cutoff and Spur   mp 3 to 1.5 - Jul 2021   mp 1.5 to 0.7 - Aug 2021   mp 0.6 to 0 - Sep 2021 Locust Point Branch   mp -1.5 to 0 - Dec 2022   mp 0 to 2 - Jan 2023   mp 2 to 3.6 - Feb 2023 South Baltimore Branch - Oct 2024 Curtis Bay Branch   mp 4 to 0 west - Jul 2023   mp 0 to -2 east - Oct 2023   Seawall Branch     mp 0 to 1 - Jul 2015     mp 1 to 2 - Apr 2024   Marley Neck Branch     mp 8 to 5 - Aug 2015     mp 5 to 3 - May 2024     mp 3 to 0 - Mar 2021 Baltimore Belt Line - includes Howard St Tunnel   mp 96 to 94 Camden to Mount Royal - Nov 2016   mp 94 Jones Falls - Jun 2020   mp 94 to 92 Remington to Waverly - Jun 2020   mp 92 to 89 Clifton Park to Bayview - Oct 2024 Philadelphia Branch   mp 89 to 82 Bayview to Poplar - Jun 2023   mp 82 to 74 White Marsh to Clayton - Sep 2017   mp 73 to 63 Van Bibber to Aberdeen - Jun 2022   mp 63 Aberdeen Station - Nov 2017   mp 63 to 58 Aberdeen to Susquehanna - Jun 2018 Sparrows Point Branch   mp -0 to 1 Bayview to Canton Jct - Aug 2018   mp 1 to 5 Canton Jct to Dundalk - Apr 2017   mp 5 to 10 Dundalk to Sparrows Point - Jun 2017 Topical   Chasing 958 - Jan 2024

Pennsylvania Railroad in Maryland By combining several smaller roads, Pennsylvania Railroad was able to break the B&O's monopoly on long-distance rail service from/to Maryland and Washington, DC.

connections and competition for B&O

Pennsylvania RR / now Amtrak Northeast Corridor and NS: MILE AREA DATE 60 to 84 Susquehanna to Martin Airport Sep 2022 85 to 92 Middle River to Bay View mid-DEC 2024   92 President Street Branch Dec 2018 92 to 95 Orangeville to Penn Station Dec 2018 95 to 96 Baltimore Penn Station Dec 2018 96 to 98 B&P Tunnel Jan 2024 98 to 99 Fulton Jct to Gwynns Falls Jan 2023 99 to 100 Loudon Park Mar 2022 101 to 102 Violetville to Arbutus Aug 2022 103 to 104 Halethorpe to Winans Nov 2023 104 to 105 Winans to Patapsco Mar 2021 105 to 106 Elkridge to Stoney Run Jan 2021 107 to 113 Harmans to Jackson Grove Dec 2023 113 to 114 Odenton Nov 2022 114 to 118 Piney Orchard to Arundel Aug 2019   118.3 Bowie Race Track Branch May 2019 119 to 120 North Bowie Feb 2020   120.5 Bowie and Popes Creek Sep 2019 121 to 126 Glenn Dale to Lanham Oct 2019 127 New Carrollton Oct 2019 127 to 129 Landover to Magruder Nov 2019 130 to 134 Tuxedo to Gateway Nov 2019 134 Ivy City Dec 2019 135 Brentwood to K Tower Aug 2024 136 Union Station Yard Aug 2024 136 Union Station, Washington, DC Jan 2020 Northern Central Railway / now Light RailLink and NS: MILE AREA DATE 0 to 0.5 Downtown Baltimore Aug 2020 0.5 to 1 Midtown Baltimore May 2020 1.5 Bolton Jun 2020 2 to 3 Mount Vernon Jul 2020 3 to 4 Woodberry to Melvale May 2023 5 to 7 Mt. Washington to Hollins Aug 2020   7.1 Green Spring Branch, part 1 Oct 2020   7.1 Green Spring Branch, part 2 Nov 2020 7 to 10 Lake Roland to Riderwood Dec 2020 10 to 14 Lutherville to Timonium Jan 2021 14 to 16 Cockeysville Jan 2021 Other PRR / now Amtrak and NS:   Baltimore and Sparrows Point RR - Dec 2017   Catonsville Short Line - Mar 2024     part 2 - Feb 2024   Claremont Branch - Nov 2016   Sparrows Point Branch - Mar 2023     part 2 - Apr 2023   Union Railroad West - Sep 2024     URR East - Oct 2024     URR South - NEW! DEC 2024   Amtrak Acela Locomotives - Apr 2023   Amtrak ACS-64 Locomotives - Sep 2024   Penn Line Mile by Mile - Aug 2024 Other ex-PRR:   Canton Railroad - Jul 2023     part 2 - Aug 2023     part 3 - Sep 2023   RF&P Subdivision - May 2022   Landover Subdivision - Sep 2022

Other Area Rail Tours

trolleys interurbans other RRs

Western Maryland Railway / now CSX: MILE AREA DATE -2 to -1 Port Covington to Patapsco River Jul 2024 -1 to 0.5 Spring Garden to Westport Jul 2024 0.5 to 1 Westport to OML Oct 2021 1 to 3 Pedicord to Mosher May 2016 3 to 4 Mosher to Walbrook Jun 2016 4 to 6 Walbrook to Cold Spring early-DEC 2024 6 to 8 Lucille Park to Mount Hope Aug 2016 8 to 10 Milford Mill to Sudbrook Sep 2022 10 to 13 Sudbrook to McDonogh Oct 2022 13 to 15 Green Spring Jct to Owings Mills Oct 2022 Trolley / Streetcar / Commuter Lines:   RI Avenue Trolley - to Beltsville - Dec 2022     part 2 - to Laurel - Mar 2024   Trolley Line #9 - to Catonsville - May 2022   Huntingdon Avenue Viaduct - Aug 2022   MARC engine photos - May 2023 Baltimore Light Rail:   Hunt Valley to Lutherville - Apr 2021   Riderwood to Woodberry - Jun 2021   Woodberry to Penn Station - Jul 2021   Penn Station to Camden Station - Aug 2021   Stadiums to Westport - Sep 2021   Westport to Linthicum - Oct 2021   Shipley to Cromwell - Mar 2024   BWI Airport spur - Dec 2021 Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Railway, Main Line:   Washington DC to Patuxent River - Apr 2019   Two Rivers to BWI Airport - Feb 2022   Linthicum to Patapsco River - Jun 2024   Patapsco River to Westport - Nov 2018   Westport to Baltimore - Jan 2021 Annapolis & Elk Ridge RR / WB&A South Shore:   Annapolis Jct to Patuxent Switch - Mar 2023   Odenton - Dec 2020   Millersville to Annapolis - Aug 2023 Annapolis Short Line / WB&A North Shore / B&A:   Annapolis to Winchester - Jul 2018   Arnold to Elvaton - Aug 2018   Marley to Ferndale - Sep 2018   Shipley to Baltimore Highlands - Dec 2021   Cliffords to Baltimore - Sep 2024

Everything Else
non-tour photo groups	CSX Engine Finders part 1, part 2 DC Metro Green Line - Mar 2023 Liveries B&O to CSX - Apr 2024 MoW Equipment: CSX - Oct 2023   CSX 2 - Nov 2023   Other - Dec 2023 Night Moves - late-DEC 2024 No Location: around the area - Nov 2019 Other RRs around the area - Jan 2022
guest author	HH Harwood, Jr.   Corporate Relationship Nomenclature - Feb 2024
miscellaneous	News: Railfan Cameras Your help needed with Unknown photos Wanted: your quality railroad photos Baltimore City Intersections - Jun 2023 Korean War in Color: a few trains - Aug 2023 Signs: fun and unusual - Aug 2019   Signs 2: more - Oct 2019   Signs 3: still more - Jul 2024 Topographic Maps: NC mileposts added - Oct 2020
my favorite pics and resource recommendations	Favorite Pictures - Apr 2022 Favorite Books - Jul 2023 Favorite Links - updated periodically
initial (old) version of these pages, now outdated	Railroads - July 1999 Commuter Rails - July 1999 Highways and some RRs - August 1999 PRR Baltimore to Washington overview - Oct 2017